Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport Explained

Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport
Iata:LWS
Icao:KLWS
Faa:LWS
Wmo:72783
Type:Public
Owner:City of Lewiston &<br />Nez Perce County, Idaho, U.S.
City-Served:Lewiston-Clarkston metropolitan area
Elevation-F:1,442
Coordinates:46.3744°N -117.0153°W
Pushpin Map:Idaho#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Idaho##Location in the United States
Pushpin Label:LWS
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:6,511
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:12/30
R2-Length-F:5,002
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2018
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:28,751
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:145
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport is a public airport in the northwest United States, in north-central Idaho. Owned by the city of Lewiston and Nez Perce County, it is in an elevated area of the city 2miles south of downtown, approximately 700adj=preNaNadj=pre above the Snake and Clearwater rivers.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Federal Aviation Administration records indicate the airport had 64,379 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 62,210 in 2009, and 61,737 in 2010.

History

Dedicated in 1928,[2] the airport began as a Chamber of Commerce project in 1931,[3] and the original runway was paved in 1942.[4] Jet service arrived in October 1969 after the completion of the 6500feet The air traffic control tower, southeast of the terminal, was commissioned in

Zimmerly Air Transport began scheduled service in 1944 at Lewiston,[5] [6] flying intrastate routes in Cessna Airmasters, and then became Empire Airlines in 1946,[7] and moved to Boeing 247 prop aircraft. Two years later it changed to larger Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft, and was then acquired by Seattle's West Coast Airlines in 1952.[8] [9] [10]

Lewiston was served by West Coast's Fairchild F-27 turboprops in the 1960s. West Coast then merged with Bonanza Air Lines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West in 1968; the San Francisco–based airline was subsequently acquired by Howard Hughes in April 1970,[11] [12] [13] and was soon renamed Hughes Airwest.

Early jet service was flown by Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9-10s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and later by Cascade Airways BAC One-Elevens, supplemented with turboprop aircraft operated by both airlines. Hughes Airwest merged into Republic Airlines in October 1980,[10] which then subsequently cut back its jet service in Idaho and elsewhere in the western U.S.[14] According to its August 1, 1982 system timetable, Republic was operating just two daily departures from the airport, both with Douglas DC-9-10 jets, with nonstop service to Spokane (GEG) with this flight continuing on direct to Seattle (SEA) as well as nonstop service to Boise (BOI) with this flight operating direct no change of plane service to Twin Falls, ID (TWF), Salt Lake City (SLC) and Burbank, CA (BUR) in the Los Angeles area.[15] Republic's final flight to Lewiston was in September 1982,[16] [17] and the airline ended its southern Idaho and eastern Washington service the following April.[18] Cascade, based in Spokane, served Lewiston from 1973,[19] [20] until it ceased operations in 1986.[21] [22] According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), Cascade was operating international service of a sorts into the airport in early 1985 with a direct flight once a week from Calgary via an intermediate stop in Spokane.[23]

The short-lived Gem State Airlines of Coeur d'Alene served Lewiston for eleven months, until November 1979.[24] [25] Mountain West Airlines of Boise served Lewiston for less than three months before folding in early March 1981.[26] [27] [28] [29] Big Sky Airlines of Billings briefly served Lewiston in 1979.[30] All three commuter air carriers operated turboprop aircraft into the airport.

Adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon municipal golf course was built in the early 1970s,[31] [32] and opened in March 1975.[33] Just west of runway 8/26 is the private Lewiston Country Club, which moved to the site in 1974 with a new 18-hole course.[34] [35] Its previous nine-hole course of 1927, nearby to the north and west of Bryden Canyon, was closed and later developed into residential housing.

In the mid-1970s, a regional airport for the Quad Cities (Lewiston–Clarkston, Moscow–Pullman) was explored,[36] [37] but the city council of Lewiston withdrew its support of the study in October 1974.[38] [39] The Pullman–Moscow airport is about north.

Airline service in 1975

According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the only airline serving Lewiston in the spring of 1975 was Hughes Airwest with four daily jet flights, three operated with the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 and one operated with the smaller Douglas DC-9-10, with nonstop service from Boise (BOI) and Spokane (GEG), one stop service from Salt Lake City (SLC), Seattle (SEA) and Twin Falls, ID (TWF), and direct no change of plane service from the John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, CA as well as direct from Phoenix (PHX) and Tucson (TUS) in Arizona.[40]

Airline service in 1985

The Official Airline Guide lists two airlines serving Lewiston in early 1985 including Cascade Airways operating British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jets and Beechcraft 1900C turboprops with nonstop service from Boise (BOI), Pasco, WA (PSC), Pullman, WA (PUW), Seattle (SEA), Spokane (GEG) Walla Walla, WA (ALW) and Yakima (YKM), and Horizon Air operating as an independent air carrier with nonstop Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop service from Boise (BOI) Pasco (PSC), Pullman (PUW), Seattle (SEA) and Spokane (GEG).[41] The OAG lists a combined total of 20 flights every weekday operated by the two airlines into the airport at this time primarily flown with small commuter propjet aircraft. In addition, the OAG lists only one Cascade Airways BAC One-Eleven jet flight a day into the airport at this time which was a direct one stop service from Seattle via an intermediate stop in Pasco.[42]

Airline service in 1995

According to the Official Airline Guide, two airlines were serving Lewiston in the spring of 1995 including Empire Airlines (which was based in Coeur d'Alene, ID at the time and is currently based in Hayden, ID) with this commuter air carrier operating Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprops on nonstop flights from Boise (BOI) and Coeur d'Alene (COE), and Horizon Air operating code sharing service on behalf of Alaska Airlines with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprops with nonstop flights from Boise (BOI), Portland, OR (PDX), Pullman (PUW) and Seattle (SEA).[43] The OAG lists a combined total of 27 flights every weekday operated by the two airlines into the airport at this time, all flown with propjet aircraft.

Facilities

The airport covers 865acres at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways: 8/26 is 6511x and 12/30 is 5002x.

In the year ending January 1, 2012, the airport had 35,425 aircraft operations, average 97 per day: 77% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 8% airline and 2% military. 145 aircraft were then based at the airport: 81% single-engine, 10% helicopter, 8% multi-engine, and 1% jet.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

Horizon Air served Lewiston from March 1983 to August 2018 with scheduled passenger flights initially as an independent air carrier and later via a code sharing agreement on behalf of Alaska Airlines.[44] [45] [46] SkyWest Airlines started service to Lewiston in June 1996 as Delta Connection[47] but only for a year,[48] and then returned with Delta Connection service in January 2005.[49]

According to the Flight Aware website, SkyWest currently operates code sharing passenger service from the airport both as the Delta Connection with Embraer 175 regional jets on behalf of Delta Air Lines and also as United Express with Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets on behalf of United Airlines.[50]

Top destinations

Busiest routes from LWS
(May 2023 - April 2024)
RankCityPassengers Carrier
1Salt Lake City, UT18,000Delta Connection
2Denver, CO14,000United Express
3Seattle, WA11,000Delta Connection

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. News: Dedicate airport for Lewiston-Clarkston . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . October 21, 1928 . 1 . September 14, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065130/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b5RfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1748%2C4273632 . live .
  3. News: Evolution of an airport . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Harrell . Sylvia . March 6, 1983 . 35G . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123064957/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5737%2C2267993 . live .
  4. News: Lewiston airport nears completion . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . July 1, 1942 . 3 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065819/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DOVXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0fUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7317,39057 . live .
  5. News: Zimmerly start regular service to Boise Monday . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . June 9, 1944 . 12.
  6. News: Zimmerly Air Transport . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). (advertisement) . June 20, 1944 . 2.
  7. News: Airlines use second plane . Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho) . May 21, 1946 . 12.
  8. News: Empire notes 6th birthday with first of merger flights. Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Riddle . Arthur S. . September 28, 1952 . 1.
  9. News: EAL changes flight time . Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 2, 1951 . 7.
  10. News: Herman is in, the Big Yellow Banana is out. Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). September 30, 1980 . 1B.
  11. News: Air West purchase almost completed. Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. April 2, 1970. 8.
  12. News: Hughes completes dealings for airline. Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. April 3, 1970. 3A.
  13. News: Air West taken over by Hughes . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). Associated Press . April 4, 1970 . 2.
  14. News: Republic to drop two Idaho flights . Tri-City Herald . Washington . August 11, 1982 . A23.
  15. Aug. 1, 1982 Republic Airlines system timetable, Lewiston/Clarkston (LWS) flight schedules
  16. News: Republic Airlines' Flight 25 ends Lewiston service . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . September 8, 1982 . 1A.
  17. News: Republic: airline packs up, moves out . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . September 11, 1982 . 2B . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123043047/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1bheAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4383,4018226 . live .
  18. News: Boise workers shocked over Republic's pullout . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . February 3, 1983 . 1 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123064930/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4-pWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2080%2C1364868 . live .
  19. News: Cascade Airways plans flights into Lewiston . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Harrell . Sylvia . April 5, 1973 . 20 . June 2, 2020 . November 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100256/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5hfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2206%2C971126 . live .
  20. News: Cascade Airways begins making Lewiston stops . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . April 30, 1973 . 10 . June 2, 2020 . November 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100256/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WJhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321%2C7059910 . live .
  21. News: Cascade halts flights to 10 cities in region . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington) . Bartel . Frank . March 7, 1986 . 1 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123054604/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lbISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4457,1552841 . live .
  22. News: Cascade bankruptcy trustee files suit against Horizon . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . September 20, 1986 . 12A . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123054321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y4NfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2476,1087820 . live .
  23. Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Lewiston (LWS) flight schedules & OAG Flight Itineraries section, Cascade Airways flight 693 flight routing
  24. News: Gem State Airlines? Oh, you mean Golden Gate . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Harrell . Sylvia . January 30, 1980 . 1C . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065645/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z8BeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3876,10669916 . live .
  25. News: Gem State: Idaho refugee buys California airline . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . January 10, 1980 . 9C . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065403/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5449,3444889 . live .
  26. News: Boise-based airline may add Lewiston stops . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . October 31, 1980 . 1B . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123051123/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SHtfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3746,6391137 . live .
  27. News: Lewiston Councils OKs airline's office lease . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . November 26, 1980 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123055657/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bmVOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4607,6647828 . live .
  28. News: New airline offers low get-acquainted rates . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . December 13, 1980 . 1B . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065952/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tINfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=szAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703%2C5435596 . live .
  29. News: Budget cuts force airline to reorganize . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . March 10, 1981 . 13 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065752/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vVZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6511,2054286 . live .
  30. News: Remember Air Pacific? . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . March 6, 1983 . 35G . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123055716/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3443,2269281 . live .
  31. News: Golf architect retained to design municipal course at Lewiston airport . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . February 3, 1971 . 8 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065048/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dtpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3852,342192 . live .
  32. News: City will lay temporary line to irrigate new golf course . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . May 24, 1973 . 11 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065238/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JaBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0jEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5971,5992097 . live .
  33. News: City course opening completes golf boom . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Alford . A.L. Jr. . March 5, 1975 . B1 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123053525/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4166,1016934 . live .
  34. News: Lewiston club has new course . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Alford . A.L. Jr. . October 4, 1974 . 13.
  35. News: Vet golfers help open Lewiston's new course . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . October 7, 1974 . 11.
  36. News: Regional airport plan sparks Moscow debate . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . May 29, 1974 . 13.
  37. News: Regional airport study cost trimmed slightly to $185,000 . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . August 17, 1974 . 16.
  38. News: It's official: Lewiston pulls out of airport study . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Campbell . Thomas W. . October 22, 1974 . 12 . June 20, 2018 . November 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100257/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X7NeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3002%2C5357054 . live .
  39. News: Palouse charges on with Phase 1 of airport study . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Roche . Kevin . August 7, 1975 . 16A.
  40. April 15, 1975 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Lewiston (LWS) flight schedules & April 15, 1975 OAG Flight Itineraries section, Hughes Airwest (RW) flight numbers 702, 720, 824 and 878
  41. Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Lewiston (LWS) flight schedules
  42. Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Flight Itineraries section, SEA-PSC-LWS flight routing for Cascade Airways (CZ) flight # 441
  43. April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Lewiston (LWS) flight schedules
  44. News: Horizon to add region stops . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . February 5, 1983 . 9 . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065050/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hPlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1887,1957507 . live .
  45. News: Horizon plans three flights to Quad Cities . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . February 5, 1983 . 5B . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065750/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ojEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4953,1276464 . live .
  46. News: Horizon begins operations at Lewiston, Pullman . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . March 16, 1983 . 3B . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065350/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262%2C63916 . live .
  47. News: SkyWest says it's found friendly skies over L-C Valley . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . August 31, 1996 . 8A . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123055258/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VLZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2823,4349690 . live .
  48. News: Corrections . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . December 28, 1998 . 5A . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123032050/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bGpfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pC4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2142,3423170 . live .
  49. News: Delta cuts fares, changes price structure . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . January 5, 2005 . 7A . November 22, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065553/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=valfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5055,1328388 . live .
  50. https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KLWS
  51. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=LWS&Airport_Name=Lewiston, ID: Lewiston Nez Perce County&carrier=FACTS

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